ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month ago[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux.lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux.lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Price: 370$ Model: Asus ROG Strix G15 (G531GV) CPU: Intel I7 9th Gen GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB Ram: 16GB Storage: Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB (NVME)
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoThat’s a good deal for this laptop and while Nvidia sucks on Linux (you’ll have some support issues), that graphics card isn’t the worst offender. Tldr yes buy and install Linux. You’ll have to tinker for the graphics card though.
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That’s a good deal for this laptop and while Nvidia sucks on Linux (you’ll have some support issues), that graphics card isn’t the worst offender.
Tldr yes buy and install Linux. You’ll have to tinker for the graphics card though.